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Surveys Show ‘Social Business’ Concept Gaining Traction

Paul Gillin

A quartet of new research reports suggested that small and midsize businesses (SMB) are rapidly waking up to the potential of social media and cloud-based infrastructure to create new operational efficiencies and better engage customers – and that they may also be leading the US out of recession.

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What a Hotel Manager Taught Me About the Future of Business

Paul Gillin

. “I try to get out of the office at least a couple of times a week and connect with the customers,&# he said. He ticks of the two factors that most influence customer loyalty: “Cleanliness is number one by far. Customer service is number two. Scott Wright has no choice but to know what makes customers happy.

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The Changing Rules of B2B Marketing

Paul Gillin

Here is a draft of the first chapter of Social Marketing to the Business Customer by Paul Gillin and Eric Schwartzman. Dell conceived of the community in 2007 as a way to enhance loyalty among its largest customers. Those sales are generated by the affinity that the staff has developed with these key corporate customers.

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Social Marketing Wisdom from the Insurance Industry – Really

Paul Gillin

This morning’s audience of about 100 social media practitioners truly believe in the value of new platforms to reach their customers, although they have understandable concerns about the many regulations that govern what they can say. Here are some notes I took away from the three speakers on my panel.

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How to Calculate Social Marketing ROI

Paul Gillin

This is a draft of chapter 10 of Social Marketing to the Business Customer by Paul Gillin and Eric Schwartzman. Rather, they invest in social marketing because they believe that the benefits – customer engagement, market awareness, continuous feedback and professional development – are good for. Of course not.

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Book Review: Tales From a Veteran Blogger

Paul Gillin

Brill’s engaging and readable book is aimed at product managers, those corporate jacks of all trades who fret about everything from market research to customer support. In a day when corporate loyalty seems almost a quaint historical curiosity, the kind of faith must be pretty empowering. Opening Up.

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